Side-hill plow



E. W. HORTON.

SIDE HILL PLOW.

(No Model.)

. Patented May 1'7, 1887.

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ELIJAH W. HORTON, OF VEST POINT, VVISOONSIN.

SlDE -HILL PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 363,238, dated May 17, 1887.

Application filed February 15, 1887. Serial No. 227,686.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIJAH W. Honroma citizen of the United States, and a resident of \Vest Point, in the county of Columbia and State of \Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Side-Hill Plows;

and Ido declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a-bottom plan view. Fig. 3 is an end elevation. Figs. 4and 5 are detail views in section.

My invention relates to side-hill plows; and it consists in the construction and novel com bination of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the plow-beam, and B is the plow-standard, which is cylindrical in outline in cross-section.

O is the landside of the plow, said landside 0 being provided with a plow-point, D, at one end and a plow-point, E, at the other end. The mold-board wings F G extend from the plow-points D E outwardly and toward each other, and are cast integrally with each other and with the plow-points D E, so that the double-pointed plowshare, together with the two integral mold-board wings F G, forms a triangular figure in outlinein plan view. The double-pointed landside C is provided on its inner face, at the middle of its length, with a bearing-lug, H, in which the lower end of the plow-standard B is seated, a laterally-projecting arm, I, made integral with the ploW-standard B, resting upon said bearing-lug H. A pin or key, J, is inserted in a seat in the standard 13 below the bearing-lug H, to prevent the accidental withdrawal of the standard from its seat.

K is a frame cast integral with the doublepointed landside, on the inner face thereof, and extending upwardly above the upper edge of the landside. On the inner face of the horizontal portion L of the frame K, I provide the upper bearing-lug, M, for the plow-standard (N0 model.)

the brace N may not only turn therein, but

may also have play therein from end to end of the seat, for the purpose of permitting the points T of the hinged mold-board to rise up onto their seats U V at the upper edges of mold-board wings when the hinged mold-,

board is reversed from one of its positions to the other.

The hinged mold-board is provided on its rear or inner face with -staples W, to which the ends of a chain, X, are attached, said chain X being also connected to the standard 13 by an eye or staple. The chain X is long enough to be crossed upon itself and extend to the points of attachment to the hinged mold-board.

The mold-board wings F G are provided on their upper inner edges with stop-arms Y, having pin-seats Z near their upper ends, into which pin-seats Z tapered pins (Lb on the inner face of the double mold-board P are forced alternately when the double mold-board P is turned on its hinges to reverse the plow.

On its inner face the double-pointed landside is provided with two pairs of laterally projecting locking-arms, c d and e f, arranged one arm above another. Said pairs of locking-arms c d are provided with aligned holes 9 g h. When the plow-beam is in the line of the draft, the arm I is between either the lat erally-projecting arms 6 f or the laterally-projecting arms 9 h, as the occasion may require.

A locking-rod, i, provided with a stop or shoulder, 7c, is inserted in the proper aligned holes g g or h h, to retain the projecting arniI in place, and thereby hold the double moldboard in the desired working position.

Z Z designate the plow-handles, which are secured to the plow-beam, and m m are the haudle braces, which connect with the plowstandard.

I am aware that it is not new in hillsideplowsto employ a centrally-pivoted oseillat ing mold-board which-is reversible about or with its pivot. Therefore I do not broadly claim such a device.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

porting-frame, cast with the double-pointed landside and provided with the upper bearing-lug, the double mo1d-board hinged to the curved brace, the chain connecting the double mold-board to the standard,the plow-standard provided with the laterally-projecting arm,

and the locking-rod provided with a stopshoulder, substantially as specified.

2. The combination,with the double-pointed landside, the double mold-board hinged to the curved brace by the lower lug and the upper elongated lug, and provided with the tapered pins on its inner face, of the double moldboard wings provided with stop -arms, the plow-standard provided with the laterallyprojecting arm, the locking-rod, and the chain connecting the double mold-board to the plowstandard, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereofl affix my signature in presenceof two witnesses.

ELIJ AH W. HORTON.

I V Witnesses:

EDWIN B. WAIT,

RoswELL M. RICHARDS. 

